Sketches at the National Capitol The Tariff Debate in the House of Representatives

Date

Artist

Publisher

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper

Dimensions

15 3/4 x 10 1/2 in. (40 x 26.7 cm)

Accession Number

2006.243.002

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

The extensively debated Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act of 1894 was an oft-seen subject in the illustrated weeklies. William Jennings Bryan, a strong advocate for the income taxes that this bill sought to reinstatem is featured in this montage of vignettes "Father of the bill” William L. Wilson and Samuel Robertson, who opposed the bill’s lowering of protective tariffs on sugar, are also present.